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-vëa is an adjectival ending with the specific meaning "-like" in Quenya. The plural is -vië.[1]

Examples

  • elvëa = "starlike" (él = "star"; the long é in él becomes short before the cluster lv)[2][3]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 189
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays, p. 223
  3. Paul Strack. "Q. elvëa adj.". Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon. Retrieved 24 November 2024